Skateboarder struck by car, airlifted to hospital

Written by Mori Kessler
August 23, 2012
Skateboarder vs. car on Sandia Road, Washington City, Aug. 22, 2012 | Photo courtesy of Jason Little

WASHINGTON CITY – A teenage male was air-lifted to the hospital Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle.

Police Chief Jim Keith of the Washington City Police Department said a teenage male was skateboarding on Sandia Road at night when he was hit by a car driven by a young adult female around 9:15 p.m.

Keith said the juvenile was transported to Dixie Regional Medical Center via Life Flight in critical condition. He was subsequently flown to Las Vegas.

The driver was not cited.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mori Kessler serves as a Senior Reporter for St. George News, having previously contributed as a writer and Interim Editor in 2011-12, and an assistant editor from 2012 to mid-2014. He began writing news as a freelancer in 2009 for Today in Dixie, and joined the writing staff of St. George News in mid-2010. He enjoys photography and won an award for photojournalism from the Society of Professional Journalists for a 2018 photo of a bee inspector removing ferals bees from a Washington City home. He is also a shameless nerd and has a bad sense of direction.

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